Food-Borne Disease

Real-time PCR detection of Vibrio from mussels developed

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 25th, 2004

Scientists have developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method for the real-time detection of the thermostable direct hemolysin and thermolabile hemolysin genes in a Vibrio parahaemolyticus cultured from mussels.

According to a study from the United States, "Molecular methods have become vital epidemiological tools in the detection and characterization of bacteria associated with a food-borne outbreak. We used both culture and real-time PCR to detect a Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolate associated with a food-borne outbreak. The outbreak occurred in July 2002 in Polk County, Florida, and originated at a Chinese buffet, with one person being...

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